OBITUARIES
Martha Gibson
September 23, 2023
Martha Ophelia White Gibson passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was 84 years old. Born January 20, 1939 in Amory, she was the daughter of Bascom and Maggie Adams Tucker. Martha worked as a seamstress in the garment industry for many years. She enjoyed working crossword puzzles and watching game shows and wrestling....
Jacky Bowers
September 23, 2023
Tupelo--Jacquelyne Kay “Jacky” Bowers passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center. She was 81 years old. Jacky was born September 8, 1942 in Marion, Ohio to Roscoe and Joanne Waters Gruber. In 1960 she married the love of her life, Les Bowers, and celebrated 63 years of marriage on September 15th. Jacky was a committed...
Patricia Ann "Pat" Sansing
September 23, 2023
Pat Sansing Mooreville—Patricia Ann “Pat” Sansing passed away Saturday, September 23, 2023 at her home in Mooreville. She was 68 years old. Born March 29, 1955 in Norfolk, Virginia, she was the daughter of James and Lillian Hackett McFarland. After her high school graduation, Pat attended Atlantic Baptist Bible College. On December 18, 1976 she married the love of her...
Rose Marie LaCroix
September 20, 2023
Rose Marie LaCroix departed this life on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, at the Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo, Mississippi, at the age of 85. She was a caring wife, mother, grandmother, sister, and friend. She was born on November 14, 1937, in her grandmother’s house in Covington, Tennessee, the daughter of James Leon Cates, Sr. and Viola Elizabeth Smith Cates....
Jean Ramsey
September 19, 2023
Jean Ramsey Mantachie—Jean Ramsey passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at Countrywood Manor. She was 89 years old. A lifelong resident of Lee and Itawamba Counties, Jean was born April 8, 1934 to Claude and Alma Dodson Starling. She attended Unity and Mantachie Schools where she played basketball. Jean and her husband, Charles Wayne Ramsey, owned a successful furniture store,...
Betty J. Barron
September 19, 2023
Betty Joe Barron passed away Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at the Sanctuary Hospice House. She was 88 years old. Born February 28, 1935 in Tupelo, she was the daughter of Noel and Alma Turner Webb. Betty worked as an inspector for Tecumseh for 18 years. A woman of strong faith and dedication to her Lord and Savior, she was a...
Cecelia Marie Alford
September 19, 2023
Cecelia Marie Alford Amory-- Cecelia Marie Alford, 73, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 19, 2023, at Diversicare in Amory. She was born August 7, 1950, to her loving parents, John Czarnik and Monica Gonia Czarnik in Monroe, Michigan, where she lived most of her life. It was the simple pleasures that brought Cecelia immense joy. She found great enjoyment...
Shirley Sanders
September 18, 2023
Saltillo—Shirley Ann Tackett Sanders, age 80, passed away Monday September 18, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a lengthy illness. She was born in Lee County on March 20, 1943 to Hubert and Jessie Frederick Russell. Always a hard worker, Shirley was retired from Olympic products. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Saltillo. She enjoyed...
Faye Morton
September 16, 2023
Faye Morton Tupelo- Faye Morton, 92, graced Earth on June 26, 1931, to Florence and PC Smith, and blessed Heaven on September 16, 2023, at home, surrounded by family. Faye knew no stranger and blessed all with her warm smile. She was well known for her proficiency in the kitchen and willingness to share her expertise. Faye inspired others with...
Stephanie Carpenter Williams
September 14, 2023
Saltillo-- Stephanie Carpenter Williams, 61, passed away peacefully on Thursday, September 14, 2023, in the comfort of her home in Saltillo. She was born January 13, 1962, to Gerald Carpenter and Martha Smith Carpenter in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Animals held a special place in Stephanie’s heart, with horses reigning supreme. Another great love of Stephanie’s was flowers, and she dedicated her...
Milton "Mick" Lamons
September 13, 2023
Ballardsville Community-- Milton Edwin Lamons, 85, passed away peacefully Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at Baptist Memorial Hospital in Oxford. Milton was born May 29, 1938, to Olena Lamons in Lee County. He spent a lifetime demonstrating the values of hard work, faith, and family. Mick spent the majority of his working years as a tube mill operator for Krueger Metal...
Ellen Barnes
September 12, 2023
Tupelo—Hildreth Ellen Barnes, 94, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 at the Green Houses of Traceway Retirement Community in Tupelo. She was born July 9, 1929, to the late C. B. Strickland and Myrtle Williams Strickland in Itawamba County. Ellen married the love of her life, Billy C. Barnes, in 1947. They shared 60 beautiful years together until...
Jeffie L. Gatlin
September 11, 2023
Jeffie L. Gatlin, 84, of Tupelo, was called home to be with her Lord and Savior at the Page House in the Traceway Retirement Community on Sunday, September 11 , 2023. Jeffie was originally from Water Valley, where she played guard on the high school varsity basketball team. This led to her being a lifelong sports fan. Jeffie and her...
Jackie Derreberry
September 10, 2023
Mantachie—Jacqueline Denise “Jackie” Derreberry passed away Sunday, September 10, 2023 at the North Mississippi Medical Center after a courageous battle with cancer. She was 56 years old. Jackie was born July 3, 1967 in Pensacola, Florida, the daughter of Jack Bedale Derreberry and Geraldine Walker Good. She lived in many places during her lifetime, settling in Mantachie in 1995. Even...
Patricia Ann Weaver Hood
September 7, 2023
Patricia Ann Weaver Hood peacefully passed away Thursday, September 8, 2023, at her home at The Villages, Tupelo, Mississippi, among family and friends. Her joyful laughter and bright smile will be missed by all who knew her. A lifelong resident of Tupelo, Patricia was born May 8, 1939, the only child of the late Emma Lou Temple Weaver and the...
Lynette Partlow Brown
September 5, 2023
Claudia Lynette Partlow Brown, age 79, passed away Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at the Brandon Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Brandon, Mississippi. Lynette was born October 27, 1944 in Tupelo to Buford and Irene Young Partlow. She was a graduate of Tupelo High School and then attended Itawamba Junior College (now ICC) and Mississippi University for Women (now The W)....
Elmer Ray Clay, Sr.
September 2, 2023
Elmer Ray Clay, Sr. Guntown previously of Waukegan, Illinois- Elmer Ray Clay, Sr. died Saturday, September 2, 2023, at Sanctuary Hospice in Tupelo. He was born on August 16, 1952, to Arthur Ray Clay and Louise Levich Clay. He was a life love native of Waukegan, Illinois until the death of his wife, Diane Kowski Clay and his health began...
Sandra Ford
September 2, 2023
Sandra Ford Tupelo- Sandra Kay Ford, 78, died Saturday, September 2, 2023, peacefully at Magnolia Manor in Tupelo. She was born June 8, 1945, to William Jasper Thomas and Annie Maurine Paseur Thomas in Memphis, Tennessee. Sandra was best known as a waitress in the prime of the Executive Inn in Tupelo. After meeting and marrying Jerry Ford, she became...
Vilicia Woolard
September 1, 2023
Vilicia Woolard Saltillo- Vilicia Marie Raines Woolard, 60, died peacefully in her sleep at her home on Friday, September 1, 2023. Vilicia was born August 24, 1963, in Horn Lake to Jerry Dale Raines and Arnita Marie Glosson Raines. She grew up on a strawberry farm, learning the importance of hard work at a young age. Vilicia had many talents...
Wilson Nettleton
August 30, 2023
Tupelo--Wilson Joseph Nettleton, III, 69, of Tupelo, MS passed away on August 30, 2023. He was born January 30, 1954, to Wilson Joseph Nettleton, Jr., and Marie (Hottinger) Nettleton in Metairie, Louisiana. Wilson, a loving husband, father, and grandfather, is survived by his wife, Vickie; son, Wil (Mary) Nettleton; daughters, Elizabeth Nettleton, and Michelle (Darrell) Cleveland; grandsons, Walker and Graham...
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